Item 4 (Contents list), fols. 3r-4r

Table.

Of Angels ----------- 9 ------------- 1

...

For God's assistance in my straights ----------- 155

Item 7 (Prose, Contents list), fols. 8r-9v

A Table of the Contents

[A list of titles and page numbers in the original hand. Fol. 8v has rubric: "The Table", as does fol. 9r. Fol. 9v. has no rubric, just titles and page references.]

Item 90 (Contents list), fols. 134r-136v

A table of the poems contained/in this book. part i.

Fidelia lamenting her parents lately dead p 1

...

To my friend mr persuading me to poetry p 47

[fol. 135 headed "part the second"; fol. 136 headed " part the third".]

Item 8 (Contents list), back flyleaf v [rev]

Table of contents for reversed items

Rhymes upon talk of the French invasion, page 1.

...

A song upon Trifles. 19.

Item 4 (Contents list), pp.[iv-v]

Table of contents for miscellany

See the Reverse of This Book

A Letter to John Cowper. His Answer.

...

The Queen's and Lord of Oxford's New Toast. 79.

Item 5 (Contents list), back pastedown - p.[iii][rev]

Table of contents for reversed section

Page

A Poem. 1.

...

Josephus Observation upon August the Tenth. 63

[

This is the first item in the reversed section of the manuscript.

Preceded by blank back pastedown and p.[i][rev].

Item 52 (Contents list), fol.[2v][rev]

Table of Contents for fols [3r-16v][rev]

Cornwall

...

Cumberland etc. 28

Item 71 (Contents list), back flyleaf v - back pastedown

Table of contents to letters, poems and descriptions interspersed with the commonplaces

In a Letter from Bishop Bramhall to Bishop Ussher, page 19

...

A poem upon Nothing. Lord Rochester.180.

[

The final two items in the list appear to have been added at a later date, since they are out of sequence and are in a shakier hand.

Preceded by blank back flyleaf r.

Followed by blank back pastedown.

Item 2 (Contents list), pp.[i-ii]

Table of Contents

A Collection out of Plutarch's Morals from page the first to 96.

...

Fear of Death 296

[

The last three items in the table are in the shaky hand characteristic of Cowper's writing after 1705.

Followed by blank p.[ii].

Item 3 (Contents list), fol.[18v] - back pastedown

Catalogues of sermons

Item 3 (Contents list), fols [ii[v]-iii[r]]

Table listing authors included in the volume

Lord Bacon page 1st 131

...

Mr Blackall 568

[

The last three names are in the shaky hand characteristic of Cowper's writing after 1705.

Preceded by blank fols [i[r]-ii[r]].

Followed by blank fol.[ii[v]].

Item 2 (Contents list), pp.[i]-[1]

Contents

see page 30 59 67 77 79 81 Some collections out of the Holy Bible | Begins page 88 and ends page 192.

...

Bishop Tillotson 285

[The last five items are written in the shaky hand characteristic of Cowper's writing after 1705.]

Item 1 (Contents list, Title page), fol. 1v

Instructions for my children, or any other Christian, directing to the performance of our duties, towards God and man;-drawn out of the holy scripture. And it is divided into four parts.

1. Precepts for a civil and Christian life, in behaviour, word, and deed.

2. The virtues and vices, with their rewards and punishments, contained in God's law, or the ten commandments.

3. An instruction for prayer, precepts or sentences of scripture, and twelve prayers.

4. A treatise, concerning life, and death.

[ As is explained in the Context and Purpose article, only parts three and four are included, though the early pages, msItem numbers 6-10 (fols. 3v-5r) contribute to the projected first part.]

[Fol. 1r is blank]

Item 16 (Contents list), fols. 86r-v

[Written near the bottom of the page in Richardson's hand; the rest of the page is blank. ]

Table of contents for the third and fourth parts of the manuscript: i.e. msItems 14-15 (fols. 64v-85v).

The third part of the book containeth, an instruction for prayer precepts or sentences before prayer, and twelve prayers.

[The twelve prayers are listed, which correspond to prayers on preceeding pages.]

...

The fourth part; is a treatise declaring the trouble of life, and profit of death. Finis. Elizabeth: Ashbornham.

[This is the only writing on fol. 86v; the rest of the page is blank.]

Item 20 (Contents list), [56r]-[56v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the Book of Leviticus

...

On the 2nd Chapter etc.

[Similar notation as on [Av] in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [11r]-[55v].]

Item 22 (Contents list), [58v]-[58v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the Book of Psalms.

...

On the 2nd Part etc.

[Similar notation as on [Av] and [56r]-[56v] in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [59r]-[106v], Psalms through Isaiah. An x in the left margin next to the entry for the Psalms points to an entry at the bottom of the page for the 119th Psalm, which is listed in the same format as individual books.]

Item 29 (Contents list), [109r]-[109v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the Prophecy of Jeremiah.

...

On the 2nd Chapter etc.

[Similar notation as on [Av] and [56r]-[56v] in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [110r]-[139r], Jeremiah through Malachi.]

Item 46 (Contents list), [140r]-[140v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the Several Chapters of the Apocrypha.

...

On the 2nd Chapter etc.

[[139v] and [141r] are blank. Similar notation as on [Av], [56r]-[56v], [109r-109v] in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [141v]-[174r], the apocryphal and deuterocanonical books.]

Item 61 (Contents list), [174v]-[174v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the Several Chapters of the New Testament.

...

On the 2nd Chapter etc.

[Similar notation as on [Av], [56r]-[56v], [109r-109v], [140r]-[140v] in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [175r]-[238v], the gospels and Acts.]

Item 70 (Contents list), [241r]-[241v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans

...

On the 3rd Chapter etc.

[Similar notation as on [Av], [56r]-[56v], [109r-109v], etc. in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [242r]-[280r], the Pauline epistles to churches.]

Item 80 (Contents list), [281r]-[281v]

Contents Summary

Meditations on the First Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy.

...

A conclusory meditation on all the other meditations.

[[280v] is blank. Similar notation as on [Av], [56r]-[56v], [109r-109v], etc. in John Egerton's hand. Summarises contents of [282v]-[], the Pauline epistles to individuals through Revelation.]

Item 47 (Contents list, Table), fols.150r-153r

A Table

[Table split into prayers, meditations and devotional pieces, and a 'spoken' section from fol.52r-53r]

Item 3 (Contents list), p.ii

Table of Contents

In this book is first

1 A short expostulation about prayer

[[This item appears on pp. 1-6 (not paginated by Halkett).]]

2 The great conquest or the power of faith [pp.] 1 to 33

[[This item appears on pp. 7-39 (paginated 1-33 by Halkett).]]

3 Meditations upon the 143 Psalm [pp. 1] to 87

[[This item appears on pp. 40-126 (paginated 1-87 by Halkett).]]

4 Elisha's request and the evidence of its being granted (my dream) [pp. 1] to 70

[[Elisha's request appears on pp. 127-196 (paginated 1-70 by Halkett). Halkett's dream (msItem 8) appears on pp. 196-197 (unpaginated by Halkett).]]

5 The mother's will to her unborn child

[[This item appears on pp. 198-259 (paginated 1-62 by Halkett). As well as mother's advice writing (pp. 198-256) it includes a prayer (pp. 257-259).]]

observe a remarkable accident page 30 31

[[This probably refers to pp. 30-31 of ""The great conquest"", which she has annotated in the margin ""at Rossy when Sir Rob Montgomery was married""(see msItem 5 below).]]

[

The page numbers in this table of contents correspond to Halkett's own pagination.

The verso of p.ii is blank.

Item 3 (Contents list), pp.iii-iv

page Occasional Meditations

[page] 1 Upon the death of my dear child Betty

[page] 19 Upon disbanding the army and the disorder that followed

[page] 30 Upon the fast January 30th 1660/1

[page] 37 Upon my nephew's having the smallpox

[[Halkett calls her nephew ""H.N."" in the meditation itself.]]

[page] 43 Upon the many disappointments I meet with in my business at court

[page] 49 Upon his majesty's coronation Tuesday April 23 1661

[page] 52 Upon the death of my dear son Harry 12 May 1661

[page] 57 Upon making vows

[page] 63 Upon Sir James returning home to Scotland and leaving me at London July 19 1661

[page] 66 Upon a violent distemper of his son James Monday night August 12 1661

[page] 71 Upon a grave maker

[page] 76 Upon a meeting that was to settle the church government Tuesday 3d November 1661

[page] 81 Upon a deliverance Sir James from being drowned in the river Teis in his return home

[page] 85 Upon a dispute with myself New Years Day 1661/2

[[The table of contents lists the next items under the title ""Meditations and prayers"".]]

[page] 97 Upon every several day that is ordained to be kept holy in the Church of England

[page] 256 Meditations upon the 12th Chapter of Isaiah

[page] 297 Meditations upon the 4 first verses of the 34 Psalm

[

This is a partial table of contents.

This leaf is tipped onto a guard and is only half the width of the other leaves in the volume.

Item 1 (Contents list), p.i

Table of contents for the select meditations, pp.141-352. Halkett has paginated this section 1-210 (plus two unpaginated pages).

The select contemplations in the book begins next to the page 140

1 Upon the 5th verse of the 13 chapter of the Hebrew beginning anew page 1

2 Upon the 22 verse of the 4th chapter 1st Samuel [page] 41

3 Upon the 20th verse of the 18 Psalm [page] 66

4 Upon 1 Corinthians 13th chapter :7th verse [page] 73

5 Upon Jeremiah 35th chapter 18 19 verse [page] 86

6 Upon 1st Corinthians 6 chapter 11 verse [page] 97

The following pages was instructions to my son and only child Robert Halkett

[

A modern footnote in pencil notes after ""The following"", ""that is to say the pages that follow page 104"". Also in pencil at bottom of page is: ""xxii + 352pp""; and ""Vol. 4""; and ""Vol IX in Appendix to Life"." In red ink: ""MS. 6492.""

Page i is the front pastedown.

Item 4 (Contents list), pp. iii-iv

Table of contents for the occasional meditations, pp. 1-140

The contents of the occasional meditations page

1 Upon my own distemper December 1667 [page] 1

2 Upon James Halkett's shipwreck [page] 16

3 Upon seeing one near death yet etc.[page] 23

4 Upon the Peace betwixt the King etc [page] 30

5 Upon reviving a misfortune long buried [page] 35

6 Upon a sad accident at Naughton [page] 40

7 Upon a relation Sept 21 1668 [page] 46

8 Upon being detracted by a great Professor [page] 55

9 Upon reading Mr Boyle's reflections [page] 58

10 Upon a fright in the night Saturday 20 of Feb [page] 64

11 Upon putting out my son to school [page] 68

12 Upon a good woman dying suddenly distracted [page] 72

13 Upon the Earl of Wincheseas [Winchilsea's] relation of the dreadful eruption of fire out of the mountains [page] 80

14 The Act made at Edinburgh December 1669 for the King being supreme in the government of the Church [page] 83

15 Upon two birds feeding in a great snow fell in 1669/70 [page] 89

16 Upon the misfortune of SWF [page] 91

17 Upon a sudden distemper which I was in Feb 21 in the night 1669/70 [page] 94

18 Upon the Burning Major Weere [page] 98

19 Upon Robin's sickness April 70 [page] 102

20 Upon my being at the sacrament May 29 [page] 105

21 Upon Robin's bile [page] 110

22 Upon the death of my dearest Sir James [page] 115

23 Upon my deplorable being a widow [page] 129

[Different pens interspersed: brown pen has written first two words of title, numbers 1-4, 14-23 and the prose explanation (see next msItem); the black pen has written "of the occasional meditations" and numbers 5-13. ]

Item 48 (Contents list), p.349

The subject of the select contemplations are upon these places following

1. Upon the 5th verse 13 chapter Hebrews

...

13. Resolutions (which fill up the remainder of the book and I hope make it my practice the remainder of my days)

[

The table of contents lists the last 13 items of the volume: the select meditations (which includes her instructions to her son). These items occur (numbers 1-12) from p.141 (Halkett's p.1) to p.348 (Halkett's p.209) [see msItems 36-47], and (number 13) on p.350 (Halkett's p.210) [msItem 49], the last of which she lists as ""Resolutions (which fill up the remainder of the book and I hope make it my practice the remainder of my days)"". Her final meditation, msItem 50 (pp.351-352) is not listed in this table of contents. At the bottom of the table of contents she has written ""Lord say Amen"".

Entry not paginated by Halkett.

Item 51 (Contents list), pp.viii-ix

The Contents of this book

The Widow's Mite page 1

...

Upon my distemper beginning January 21 [page] 333

[

See individual items where I have noted those meditations not mentioned in the table of contents, or additional information which is given in the table of contents.

Page viii is the verso of the previous page. It is paginated by Halkett p.336, then two blank endpapers follow, then p.ix is the back pastedown.

Item 10 (Contents list), p.iii

The Contents of this book

The Art of Divine Chemistry page 1

...

Meditations and prayers concerning the King [page] 371

[

The table of contents lists the 6 items in the volume (excluding the untitled meditation on pp.292-293 (item 6) and the scrap pasted in later (p.ii; item 9). At the bottom of the page is written: ""Ended the 5 of December 1678"". Two modern endpapers and a modern pastedown.

Page iii is the verso of the final leaf of the volume, reinforced on a later endpaper (cf. p.i); its recto is blank.

Item 2 (Contents list), p.ii

Table of contents

Some obseries [observances?] Page

Of observing dreams [page] 54

[[This is a digression on Genesis 40:5. Halkett comments on the folly of interpreting dreams.]]

Of Pharaoh birthday [page] 70

[[This is a reference to Genesis 40:20. After quoting the verse Halkett notes that Joseph was confirmed as an interpreter of dreams on Pharaoh's birthday when he made a feast for his servants. She approves of the custom of kings commemorating their birthdays with feasting and acts of clemency, and states that this verse is an appropriate topic for her meditation today (she writes May 29, 1679 in the margin) since today they celebrate the King's birthday and Restoration over the usurper (Oliver Cromwell) (p. 71).]]

The fifth part laid up and applied to the fifth part of 24 hour [page] 111

[[Halkett discusses using a fifth part of the land to preserve the life of the body (see Genesis 41:34), but says that we should use 5 hours of every 24 to preserve the soul with religious duties. That would still leave 7 hours for sleep, 3 for eating and conversation, and 9 for work (p. 112).]]

A rich man that died for want [page] 130

[[With reference to Genesis 41:54 which discusses famine, Halkett remembers the case of a man who starved though he had plenty. He lived at Bovington [probably Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, 3 m. SE of Berkhampstead], near Barkamstead [probably Berkhampstead in Hertfordshire], and coveted his riches so much he deprived himself of food and his throat closed up so he could not eat when he most needed to.]]

Of the value of money [page] 319

[[In her meditation on Genesis 45:22 Halkett notes the value of the different currencies in the Bible: she explains how much silver was in the talent and the shekel (two types of coins), with extensive biblical references in the margin.]]

Pharaoh's respect to the priests applied [page] 393

[[Halkett's pagination is now one page behind the modern pagination so this is really a reference to p. 394. With reference to Genesis 47:22, Halkett notes that it is appropriate that ministers should be venerated above other people.]]

The dignity of the first born [page] 451

[[This is really p.452. Halkett discusses Genesis 49:3 and notes that the first born in the Bible is justly given many preferences and privileges (p.453).]]

Of Jacob's comparing Reuben to water applied [page] 454

[[This is really p.455. With reference to Genesis 49:4, Halkett notes that water is often used in the Bible to indicate ""the degeneracy of anything"". Waves commemorated Reuben's sins for posterity to indicate his instability.]]

Upon Napthale [page] 479

[[This is really p.480. With reference to Genesis 49:21, Halkett notes that a modern author has written a book entitled Napthale which she has not seen but has heard that it has only the wildness of the hind that Napthale is compared to but no other of its properties, except that it is like a hind that gave birth and then abandoned its calf. This book is probably Naphtali: or, The wrestlings of the Church of Scotland for the kingdom of Christ, by Sir James Stewart and James Stirling, first published in 1667.]]

The conclusion of Joseph's trials and triumph applied to myself as a copy for imitation [page] 504

[[This is really p.505. Halkett has received consolation in meditating upon the history of Joseph and requests that the fruits of it might appear in her life and conversation. If God wants her trials to end in triumph, she must learn to be meek like Joseph, who was a type for Jesus.]]

[

The table of contents is written in two columns. It serves as a useful breakdown of some topics she covers in the lengthy meditation that makes up the entire manuscript.

Page ii is a scrap of paper bound into the volume. The unpaginated verso of p.ii is blank.

Item 2 (Contents list), p.i

The contents of this book

Meditations upon the book of Jonah page 1

Meditations upon the times of David's prayer which was early evening morning and at noon. At midnight. Seven times a day. And all the day long [page] 148

Meditations upon the conversion of Saul [page 227]. And some observes [sic] of what is recorded of him in the Acts of the Apostles observable [page] 229

My own sickness and trouble March 29.94 Page 47

[There is a date in pencil below ""94"": ""1684"". A librarian obviously noted that Halkett wrote 1694 by mistake instead of 1684. ]

Item 66 (Contents list), p.vii

The contents of this book page

Meditations upon what is mentioned in the gospel of St Peter [page] 1

Meditations upon the Passion of our Lord for every day of the week [page] 123

Occasional meditations beginning upon Tuesday the third of May 1687 the which I desire never to forget [page] 275

[

At the bottom of the page she has written: ""ended May 18 1688"".

Page vii is the back pastedown

Item 2 (Contents list), p.i

The contents of this book begun June 24 1690

From the first to page 82 is occasional meditations concerning the public and my own private concerns

Meditations upon Nehemiah [page] 82

[[The meditations on Nehemiah actually begin on p.80.]]

Observations of several good women mentioned in scripture beginning [page] 254

Resolution made 16 of August 1690 page 13 which I endeavoured to make good but some unlooked for things interrupted my intention which still keeps me to this day Saturday 28 of May 1692 under difficulties But it seems the Lord sees it fit it should be so And best for me and to his blessed will I submit who makes all things, work together for good to them that love him Romans 8:28

[[See msItem 10.]]

A strange dream I had on Sunday night the second of November 1690 page 36

Of one put to the rack [page] 48

Item 75 (Contents list), pp.ii-iii

The Table

[This table of contents, below, is incomplete and at times quite disordered. Some order has been established for ease of comprehension.]

1 page Of Watchfulness. Upon the 25 St Mathew 13 verse

[page] 34 Of restraining the tongue. Upon Psalm 39 verse 1.2.3.4.

[page] 59 Of avoiding carefulness upon Philip 4.6.7

[page] 87 Of the Grace of God. Upon Titus 2.d 11.12.13.14 and the fruits it should produce

[page] 138 Upon Prayer

[page] 148 Upon Leviticus 19:2 Ye shall be holy etc

[[A new heading: ""page From this is occasional meditations"". Page 162 is listed but with no apparent heading.]]

[page]164 Good Friday

and amongst them some remarks of the death of some great persons [page] 178

[[This heading seems to be continued from ""From this is occasional meditations"".]]

Upon beating sugar [page] 189

[page] 191 Meditations of the man of God who came to Jeroboam

A remark to be regretted [page] 198

Observe [page] 219

[page] 221 Serious thoughts upon various dispensations of late by past year etc

[page] 241 Learning to be content upon Phil: 4:11

[page] 271 Upon 1 Cor: 3.9 Ye are God's husbandry

[page] 280 Upon Psal 139: 23: 24 verses Search me and

[page] 285 Upon St Mathew 11th 29.30 Take my yoke etc

[page] 183 Resolutions made Sunday 7th of April 1695 and the occasions of it

[page] 222 Some remarks upon Saturday 19 of May 1694

[page] 231 Upon Jenett Halkett's marriage

[[A note in pencil labels this meditation p.331 rather than 231.]]

6 April 94 page 307 Upon Good Friday

page 18 The fire at the Rodes

[page] 72 Prayer for the Church

[page] 73 For the King etc

[page] 74

[[no title listed]]

[page] 76 For my friends

[page] 77

[[no title listed]]

Dr Spratt description of zeal page 125

A hazard I was in Sunday 7 April [page] 160

Resolution to be performed every first Sunday of the month [page] 183

[[Between ""to"" and ""be"" the number 95 appears in the margin.]]

Upon Good Friday 22 March 94/5 p.164

[[Beneath this entry Halkett has written ""both 94 95 I was very ill in the spring mentioned here"".]]

[page] 229 Resolutions if in a capacity to do it to perpetuate the memory of my dear child

[This entry unpaginated by Halkett.]

Item 2 (Contents list), pp.i-iv

The contents of this book in quarto

1 Begun Thursday the 21 of May 1696 At first I designed to write upon select and occasional observations. And to that end began the first part of it the date above mentioned. And the other part May 25. 1696 page 267 But the occasional observes ended when I thought there might be something worth remembering I begun them then again page 201)

[[Also in the margin beside the date 25 May 1696 is ""page 267"".]]

Serious reflections upon them that are seduced page 1st

Probable conjectures that as St Paul had been married so his wife was dead at Philipy [page]11 12

About swearing and cursing [page] 14 17

About stated times of devotion [page] 18 Popery and Presbytery agree in many things

Exodus 3:14 Upon the name of God I am that I am [page] 35

[[The biblical reference is in the margin.]]

Upon St John 6:35 Jesus said I am the bread of Life [page] 44

Upon St John 8:12 Jesus said I am the light of the world [page] 53

Upon St John 10th 7 Then said Jesus I am the door of the sheep [page] 71

Upon St John 10th 11 I am the good shepherd [page] 78

Upon St John 11th 25 Jesus said I am the resurrection Pag[e] 85

Upon St John 14:6 Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life [page] 98

30th of January 1696/7 sad calamities [page] 109

Upon St John 15:1 I am the true vine and my father is the husbandman [page] 113

Prayers upon all the sevenfold metaphors of Christ's saying I am [page] 121

Supplications upon that promise whatsoever ye shall ask of my father in my name etc. John 15:10 [page] 126

8 year under Cuskam-rishethaem and then the Lord raised up a deliverer [page] 127

Example of the church praying for the king [page] 132 and the king praying for the church [page] 133

In conclusion comparing the sevenfold metaphors to the seven pillars of wisdom's house [page] 135

Meditations upon Deuteronomy 8 chapter 2 verse [page] 140

What physicians both for soul and body write of the memory [page] 142

What crosses and difficulties I have met with myself and deliverances out of them ever to be remembered with thankfulness and praise [page] 151

Applying the cleansing of the leper by way of prayer to my self [page] 156

Upon Romans 13:8 Owe no man anything [page] 162

Upon Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon etc [pag] 171

Concerning the king [page] 174

A remarkable accident concerning honey [page] 179

Upon the Book of Esther [page] 186

Occasional reflections concerning Mr Cooper [page] 201

Upon Good Friday 1697 [page] 203

Upon Easter day, Easter Monday, Easter Tuesday [page] 205 209

Concerning the Presbyterians' disappointment in placing one in Mr Cooper's place [page] 210

Upon Sunday (April 25.1697) something remarkable concerning my self [page] 216

Upon the sin of curiosity the relation of a lady being turned Quaker [page] 219

Upon the 29 of May 1697 Three plots the popish phanatic and pharasiacal plot [page] 235

My fears and my hopes [page] 242

Upon the report raised upon me that I was a witch [page] 251

Concerning my son Thursday 1st of July 1697 [page] 256

Concerning a passionate man and a patient woman who had two children taken out of her belly [page] 262

Upon an extraordinary cure of a child at Carnocke [page] 268

Upon a resolution I made at London Tuesday 23 of April 1661 [page] 273

Upon the Presbyterians' disappointment of possessing the church [page] 288

A prayer for my grandchild James Halkett [page] 290

Concerning my own distemper 12 September 1696 [page] 314

Concerning the divisions in the church [page] 322

My desire of living all my days like a widow indeed [page] 328

Upon the 14th of October 1696 [page] 340

Remarks in my own distemper [page] 349

Upon the call to Mr Thomas Paterson [page] 354

Upon Christmas day 1696 [page] 364

New year's day fourth of January

Upon the sad instance of atheism [page] 370

Item 3 (Contents list, Notes), p.v

The first part of the occasional meditations begins page 267 The second part of the occasional meditations begins page 201

[

This is the entire entry.

Page v is a small scrap of paper.Its unfoliated verso is blank.

Item 2 (Contents list), pp.i-iii

Table of contents

Select meditations begun Wednesday the first of December 1697 upon the Creed page first

Some reflections upon keeping Christmas day [page] 12

...

Occasional meditation upon the fast appointed by authority to be kept 25 of May 1698 [page] 305

[

The table of contents does not list every single meditation. Some titles in the table of contents have been mentioned in individual msItems.

The unfoliated verso of p.i is blank.

Item 1.2 (Contents list, Notes, Front matter), fol. i r

Table of contents and a note on the scribes of the manuscript by a later hand

Contents

1. Tillotson's sermon before the king, April 1672. Fol. 1 to 45.

...

and notes on a sermon of Bishop Cumberland (see overleaf)

[The writer of the table of contents (Hand C) lists the four items which were written in the first hand (msItems 2, 4, 5.1, 5.2). Beneath the table of contents the writer has noted that the first hand in the manuscript (fols 1r-63r) was a clergyman acquainted with Dr. Burton (see item 4), and that the second hand, which has written from fols 64r to the end of the manuscript, was the daughter of the first scribe. The later hand (Hand C) notes that the daughter compiled her material between 1692 and 1696 and characterizes her contribution as follows, "The last being extracts, philosophical, moral, and religious, from ancient and contemporary authors, with two more of Dr. Tilloston's sermons, and notes on a sermon of Bishop Cumberland"]